Etah (UP), Jan 19: Four members of a family, three of them women, were killed in their house in the Kotwali Nagar area of Etah district on Monday, police said.
The incident came to light around 2 pm when Devansh, the grandson of one of the deceased, returned home from school and found the house unusually quiet.
Despite the cold, a ceiling fan was running in a room upstairs. In that room, the boy discovered the bodies and raised an alarm, and neighbours rushed to the house.
Police identified the deceased as Dr Ganga Singh, 70, his wife Shyama Devi, 65, their granddaughter Jyoti, 23, and daughter-in-law Ratna Devi, 43.
Dr Singh’s body was found on a cot on the ground floor, Ratna Devi’s body on a bed on the first floor, while Jyoti and Shyama Devi were found lying on the floor.
Shyama Devi was alive when police reached the spot and was taken to the Etah Medical College with serious head injuries. She died during treatment.
Preliminary investigation suggested that the attackers used a brick to assault the victims. A bloodstained interlocking brick was recovered from the scene, police said. (PTI)
